KANSAS UNIVERSITY WEEKLY.
VOL. VII. LAWRENE, KANSAS, DECEMBER 8,1900.
NO.13.
SEASON OF 1900.
Brief Resume of the Past Foot Ball Season.
K. U. played nine games Of these we won two, tied two,and lost five. We shut out Ottawa and South Dakota,and in time were shut out by Washburn, Emporia, and Nebraska. K.U.scored 77 points and our opponents scored 117.
The above record is not calculated to make any one hilarious. In fact it might even make one pessimistic. Our team has not been successful. There is no need of hiding the fact. All we can do is to point out the mistakes and guard against them next year.
In the first place the schedule of games was not as good as it should have been. We are not knocking on Mr.Davis as a manager.In fact we feel like complimenting him for ever taking up the work But we do knock on the man who was elected manager,refused to answer letters about games and then resigned, leaving everything at a standstill.The athletic board should use every care to get some one for manager who will stay with the business from start to finish.
That the stand against professionalism was a mistake, we do not believe. The players this year were close to the average in weight, and there was the usual number of experienced men. There was absolutely no need of hiring material. Individually, the men were every bit the equals of the players in last years' "ever victorious" team. When such a team can be selected from the student body we do not need to offer inducements for professional. It is not only undesirable, but it is not even a sensible business proposition.
Something, however, was decidedly wrong, and we believe the secret of the whole thing was in the coaching. Everyone remembers how loud the complaints were about poor material at the beginning of last year's season. Yet Yost took those men and they never lost a game. Coach and men were a unit until the close of the season. It was not so this year. Coach Boynton is perhaps a capable man, but the fact remains he did not win the teams' confidence and as a result the team work was the poorest ever seen at K. U
But we do not want to complain or roast. We are proud of the boys who played this year. They stayed with the team when everything went wrong. They deserve and have our gratitude.
Y. M. C. A. NOTES.
Students who stayed in town over Thanksgiving were entertained Thursday evening at "the house."
President Tangeman presided at several sessions of the state convention at Wichita last week.
Perry Hanson has gone for a two weeks' vacation on the Pacific coast. He will attend the state Y. M. C.A.conventions of Oregon and Washington.
Fellows who are going to be here through vacation want to remember that "the house" is always open and University men are always welcome. If you think there's nothing going on come down to "the house" and you'll find out different.